Simikot, Limi Valley, Kailash and Lhasa tour is an enchanting spiritual journey. Adventure lovers with a high level of endurance will enjoy a physically challenging pilgrimage. It is a camping trek that begins by following an ancient trade route through the remote Limi Valley. It is like trekking through a living museum of ancient Tibetan culture and tradition. The highest pass you will cross is Nara La pass, 4620m, a great viewpoint where you to try to take in the vastness of the Tibetan plateau. When you reach the border of Tibet, you will be directly south of Kailash. Finally, you go by vehicle to the holy mountain, wandering up the western shore of Lake Mansarovar to your campsite.

Mt. Kailash, 6714m, known as the “precious jewel of snow”, dominates the wild Tibetan plateau with its four sheer walls and the snow-capped peak is an awe-inspiring sight. Nestled beside it is Mansarovar Lake, 4590m. It feels like the most heavenly place in the entire world. The holy Mt. Kailash is known as the navel of the universe and the birthplace of the Tibetan civilization and the Bon religion, which was practiced throughout Tibet, long before the 2500-year-old Buddhist religion was introduced. It will surely be the most spiritually enriching journey of your life.

Additional Spiritual Significance: Mt. Kailash is the spiritual epicenter and the ultimate pilgrimage destination for Buddhists, Hindu, Jain and Bon religions. Buddhists believe Mt Kailash is the abode of Guru Rinpoche – Padma Sambhava, who brought Buddhism to Tibet as well as the home of one of the great Tibetan yogi – Milarepa. Hindus pay reverence to Mount Kailash as the throne where Lord Shiva meditates. Jains believe that their religious founder, Rishavdev, attained Nirvana – The Ultimate Happiness there. According to the pre-Buddhist, Bon religion, Mt Kailash is the abode of Sky Goddess Sipaimen and is in the form of a giant Mandala that is the central point of all Tantra Rituals and Forces. The founder of Bon Religion, Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche is believed to live on Mt Kailash, which is considered to be a nine-story Swastika Mountain and the central pillar of the world. Bonpo pilgrims walk counter-clockwise around the Mt Kailash.

Every year, thousands of devotees make the pilgrimage to the holy Mt. Kailash to attain spiritual purification by circumambulating its fifty-three-kilometer circuit which is also known as Kailash Kora. Upon completion of the circuit, a bath in Mansarovar Lake is said to erase the sins of a lifetime.

Another enchanting fact is the rivers that drain the Tibetan Plateau become the four most sacred rivers of the Indian sub-continent: Sutlej, Karnali, Brahmaputra and Indus. They originate within hundred kilometers of Mt. Kailash.